The median income of Los Alamos County residents was an inflation-adjusted $57,089 per year. Los Alamos County had 7,525 households in 2017, with a population of 18,031.
Mora County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in New Mexico, with a median income of only $12,481 per year. That was $44,608 less than the median income in Los Alamos County at the time. Mora County had 1,513 households in 2017 and a population of 4,605.
The table below shows the state's counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.
New Mexico counties ranked by earnings per resident (2017)
Rank | County | Earnings per resident ($$$) |
---|---|---|
1 | Los Alamos County | 57,089 |
2 | Santa Fe County | 31,563 |
3 | Sandoval County | 30,086 |
4 | Eddy County | 29,418 |
5 | Bernalillo County | 27,343 |
6 | Lea County | 27,286 |
7 | San Juan County | 23,765 |
8 | Rio Arriba County | 23,169 |
9 | Curry County | 22,930 |
10 | Valencia County | 22,541 |
11 | Lincoln County | 22,534 |
12 | Union County | 22,464 |
13 | Catron County | 22,455 |
14 | Grant County | 21,794 |
15 | De Baca County | 21,553 |
16 | Chaves County | 21,286 |
17 | Otero County | 21,127 |
18 | Harding County | 20,871 |
19 | Taos County | 20,470 |
20 | Cibola County | 19,514 |
21 | Doña Ana County | 19,497 |
22 | Torrance County | 19,294 |
23 | Colfax County | 19,018 |
24 | Hidalgo County | 18,930 |
25 | Roosevelt County | 18,579 |
26 | San Miguel County | 17,627 |
27 | Quay County | 17,532 |
28 | Guadalupe County | 17,520 |
29 | Sierra County | 17,136 |
30 | McKinley County | 16,344 |
31 | Socorro County | 15,608 |
32 | Luna County | 15,270 |
33 | Mora County | 12,481 |